Community Development PPT 1

Community Development
Unit 6
How would you feel being in these places?
• Employment
• Infrastructure e.g. internet
What does connection, transport links
etc.
________ • Education and training
look like in • Sports and recreational
Area A v’s facilities
Area B • Crime
• Availability of local goods and
services
Vibrant Local Community Declining Local Community
→ Plentiful supply of jobs. → Few jobs available in the local area.
→ Lower levels of unemployment. → High levels of unemployment.
Employment → Higher standard of living. → Lower standard of living.
→ High-speed broadband. → Weak or inconsistent broadband

→ Good transport links. connection.
Infrastructure → Reliable water and energy. → Limited transport links.
→ Poor-quality water and energy supply.
→ Access to education and training → Education centres located far from the
programmes. local community.
→ Access to a range of qualified third- → High drop-out rates in second- and third-
Education and
level graduates. level education.
Training
→ Link with local third-level institutions → Low uptake of training programmes.
for research and development.
Vibrant Local Community Declining Local Community
→ Variety of sports and recreation → Limited sports and recreation
Sports and facilities for all ages. facilities.
Recreation
→ Good relationship between the local → High levels of crime and anti-social
community and the Gardaí. behaviour.
Crime → Low levels of crime and anti-social → Local people feel unsafe in their
behaviour. homes.
→ Neighbourhood Watch schemes.
→ New businesses opening in the local → Closure of local businesses.
Local Goods and area. → Longer commute for goods and
Services
→ Wide range of essential services. services.
Can you think of any other comparisons that could be

made between Area A v’s Area B?
Def: Community It focuses on It puts emphasis on

development involves empowering local groups that are
the local community individuals and groups socially, economically
coming together to and helping them take or geographically
identify and find ownership of initiatives isolated.
solutions to economic that lead to a more
and social problems in equal and active
the area. community for all.
• Every community needs employment, healthcare, financial services,
schools, communications infrastructure and recreational
opportunities.
• It isn’t always possible for the state or commercial businesses to

provide all of these services.
• As a result strong community enterprise is needed.

Social Development Committee
A community committee can be set up to try tackle problems
identified:
1. Use SWOT to identify problem areas

2. Develop a plan/strategy to solve the problems
3. Obtain finance from a range of sources e.g. grants, loans,
fundraisers etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcK1-1m4DVU (43sec – 4min 50)

Organisations that Support the Local Community
Exam Q: List these services and

outline what they provide for the
local community
1. Local Enterprise Office (LEO) – 31 in Ireland
• Each LEO runs a range of training programmes
A Training to help entrepreneurs to increase their business
knowledge and skills.
• A business mentor is matched with the

B Mentoring entrepreneur to help identify and solve
business problems and implement solutions.
C Financial • The LEOs offer a range of grants. They also

Support operate a small loan scheme.
D Food • This is run in conjunction with SuperValu.

Academy Entrepreneurs receive advice from industry
Programme experts on how to develop their products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMXxGGbM1U
1. Local Enterprise Office (LEO) – 31 in Ireland
Watch each of these videos focusing on the Local Enterprise Office and the help it
gave to these businesses in starting up/growing:
• Nobo icecream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJHFh1-QPP4

• Gym + Coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWx3a4nBJOA
• Cloud Pickers Coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD8liHUOiZU
• Research the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) https://www.localenterprise.ie/

• Do a brainstorm into your copybook on what you have found out about LEOs in
Ireland and what they can offer to businesses in terms of helping them/the
community.
2. LEADER Program
Funded by the EU to provide communities with the resources needed to:

• Reduce poverty
• Increase social inclusion
• Promote economic development
• Provide broadband internet
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/46cecf-leader-programme-funding/
2. LEADER Program
Projects Local Action Groups Funding
Specific types of project In order to receive Local community
are funded by the funding, the area must groups submit project
LEADER programme to set up a Local Action ideas to their Local
fulfil its aims, including: Group (LAG), which Action Group (LAG). The
promoting rural formulates a Local LAG assesses the ideas
tourism; improving Development Strategy. and distributes grants
broadband access; and These strategies may to help the community
rural youth schemes. include the group to develop their
development of tourist project, e.g local
walking trails and local playgrounds and
festivals and events. training for youth in
rural areas.
3. Area Partnership Companies (APC)
They support local communities to:

• Reduce local unemployment and poverty
• Encourage educational engagement
• Improve social inclusion.
3. Area Partnership Companies (APC)
Education → APCs encourage local people to engage with education and learning. They
provide up-to-date information on education and skills training and work
with local schools to combat early school leaving.
Enterprise → APCs encourage entrepreneurship in the local community. They offer

training courses and workshops to support and encourage local people to
become entrepreneurs.
Employment → APCs often operate in areas of high unemployment. They offer support
Support services for people looking for work, including CV preparation and interview
techniques.
Childcare and → Many APCs offer childcare and family support services. They may provide
Family Support childcare facilities and parenting courses.
4. Pobal
Works with organisations to improve the lives of people experiencing
social exclusion and disadvantage. They facilitate programs such as;
• Provides short-term employment for people who have been
A Gateway
unemployed for 2+ years.
B Dormant
• The redistribution of money from dormant accounts to social
Accounts
enterprises that benefit the local community.
Fund
C European • Provides funding to organisations to develop and implement
Refugee integration programmes for refugees.
Fund
• 12 month work placement in the local community for long term
D Tús
unemployed
4. Pobal
The Dormant Accounts Fund:
https://www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/question/2004-11-09/54/
Economic & Social Benefits
Economic Benefits Social Benefits
→Helps to create jobs in the → Local people work together

Employment local area. Community to improve the physical
Spirit appearance of the area.
→Growth encourages
Enterprise → Jobs, education and leisure
entrepreneurship in the Reduces facilities encourage people to
Culture
area. Emigration stay in the local area.
→A growth in the number of
businesses in the area → With increased employment
Commercial increases the amount of and amenities, there is less
Less Anti-social
Rates commercial rates collected anti-social behaviour.
Behaviour
by local authorities.
Key Terms
• local community • mentoring
• vibrant local community • grants
• declining local community • LEADER
• community development • Area Partnership Companies
• Local Enterprise Office (LEO) (APCs)
• Social development committee • Pobal
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→ High-speed broadband. → Weak or inconsistent broadband

Can you think of any other comparisons that could be

Def: Community It focuses on It puts emphasis on

• It isn’t always possible for the state or commercial businesses to

• As a result strong community enterprise is needed.

1. Use SWOT to identify problem areas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcK1-1m4DVU (43sec – 4min 50)

Exam Q: List these services and

• A business mentor is matched with the

C Financial • The LEOs offer a range of grants. They also

D Food • This is run in conjunction with SuperValu.

• Nobo icecream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJHFh1-QPP4

• Research the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) https://www.localenterprise.ie/

Funded by the EU to provide communities with the resources needed to:

They support local communities to:

Enterprise → APCs encourage entrepreneurship in the local community. They offer

→Helps to create jobs in the → Local people work together

Local enterprise office

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